THE NEW GENESEE FARMER 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



M. B. BATEHAM, 



£. F. MARSHALL, Proprietors. 



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VOIi. 1. 



ROCHESTER, MARCH, 1810. 



JOHN J. THOMAS, 



M. B. BATEHAM, Editors, 



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CONTKNTS OP THIS NUMBER. 



Notes to Agents, Cnrre^pnndents, and Readers 33 



Excrcienre^^, oi Ijlil-h: on riiini Trees 33 



Scraps — Culture of Fruit — Good Crops — Sugar Beet for 



Cow s— Bal water in Wells 31 



Culture of Mansel Wurtzel and Sugar Beet for Stock. . .34 



Farm Stock No. -2, by W. S. T 35 



Agricultural improvements— Bee Moth , . . .35 



The different kinds of Grass and Clover, hy W.Garbutt. 3G 



Improving New Farms - 30 



^'Elements of Agricultural Chemistry".. 36 



Siherian Bald Spring Wheat., good crop of .36 



Borrowitig and Lending 37 



Kohan Potatoes In Wheatland 37 



Domestic Economy — To restore tainted Butter — Rice Apple 



Dumplings. , .37 



China Corn, and Rohan P^^toes down east. ......... .38 



Of Stock, and the niauiier of Feeding. 38 



Who is Independent? — Imiiortant Facts — Banlky Horses — 



Good Sentiments . 39 



Hints fur the Month, to farmers 40 



Cattle and Horse Bams 40 



<5ardener's works for March — Making Hot-Beds, &c.. ...40 



Discriptive Catalogue of Turnips. -. . . .41 



•Giant Rhubarb — New species of white Clover 41 



Agrictiltural Societies, To the Farmers of New- York-. . .-.4*2 



Change of Soil eifecting a change in Plants. 4.2 



Choice of a Profession .....42 



Silk Culture — Now is the time to begin. .4.1 



The Farmer — ^English Hay-making and Hay.makers. . . . 43 



Improved Short Horn Bull, Sir Walter . ..44 



Agricultnral Society anrl Fair ^4 



Horticultural F.air and Premiums for 1840 .44 



■^'Eaton's Botany" — "Unfrequcnt Plougking— Silk publica- 

 tions ^ .44 



Observations on the departing Winter. .. . ., -, . . .45 



Wild Rice— Duty on .Silk— Slaple Sugar .45 



Address of D. V. IM-Le.in before the Amer. Silk Society. .46" 

 Allow.-ince of Water to Horses ................. .47 



Female Rea^tprs — Farmer's Daughters, by .^NNEi-Tt. . 48 



Advertisements — Prices Current, with remarks .-.48 



To Post Masters and Agents. ■ 



'Caxtixm. — Seme of our friends send letters and "papers in- 

 tended for as, addressed to "the Genesee Farmery" very -aax- 

 ^irally supposing that as there is -no other paper pubTiabed 

 "here of such a name, thafwe shall of course receive fllem. — 

 Now we wish to Infonn them fhat norommnnicatiotis nddres- 

 48<2 in that toay are rectivcd 'by vs. The publisher of the 

 ^ate Genesee Farmer still keeps an agent here, who claims 

 All such articles and takes them from .the Post office- Tliis 

 perhaps \\ill explain the reason why sever.al letters liave not 

 "reached us, of which we lmve"ii.id compluiTits. We hjope all 

 "Who have erred in timt rcpect, will immcJliately inform us of 

 the circuiBStances, and he careful hereafter to address /»aj7ers 

 ^ the "New Genesee Farmer," .ind tellers to 



BATEHAM &. MARSHALL. 



Uncurrent Money.— X\\ western and southern money is .at a 

 ^discount of from ten to twenty per cent, "with us ; and the 

 Jow price of our paper will not afford so p-e.at a sacrifice- — 

 We hope, therefore, our friends will endeavor to send bills 

 of this, or tlie centre states. If they cannot get it without, 

 ■we are "Willing they sliould give a preminm of five or six per 

 cent for it, at our e.\pense. When it is necessary to send 

 ■western or southern money, the hills of city banks are pre- 

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Valuable Assistance. 



The readers o"f tlie ^ew <jrenesee Farmer will be 

 Ratified to dbserve the BignatureB of some highly 

 "respectable writers in this month's paper. Among 

 them we are happy to ssy, is David Thom.\s, of Ca- 

 yuga county ,"who6e ■writings on Agriculture and Horti- 

 culture have long beeti familiar to many of our read- 

 ers, and have done much for the improvement of this 

 section of country. Both he and his son, (our J. J. 

 T.,) have been frequent correspondents, and the assis- 

 tant editors of the oW Genesee Farmer; and their uni- 

 ted efforts cannot fail to give the new a high reputa- 

 tion for talent and iiecfulncss. M. & B. 



To Corres|>oudent$. 



We again acknowledge our obligations to the friends 

 of the cause, for the kind assistance they have render- 

 ed; and we intend to merit a continuance of tlieir fa- 

 vor. We also hope that others, from whom we have 

 not beard, vill lend us their aid; so that the high rep- 

 utation which tile Geneeee country has obtained abroad, 

 may still be fully sustained by the undiminished talent 

 and usefulness of its agricultural journal. 



A number of communications intended for this No. 

 were not received in time, and will appear in our next. 

 Correspondents will oblige us by sending their com- 

 muniactions as early as the middle of the month, if 

 convenient; although brief articles may be sent as late 

 as the *2bi\i. The Postage on comcaunicotiona need 

 not be paid by the writers. 



We will gladly recompense our correspondents by 

 sending papers to such of their friends as they desire 

 should have it. 



One correspondent aska, "what kind of communi- 

 cations are moat acceptable" to us ? We answer, such 

 as are best calculated to benefit our readers. They 

 are mostly farmers and their families; and whatever 

 will be interesting «nd useful to theiu, on subjects con- 

 nected with their profe8e.ion, will be acceptable to us. 



OUR ENCOURAGEMENT. 



We are almost daily receiving from the friends ol 

 agriculture, the most flattering expressions of approval 

 and satisfacticn, respecting the appearance and charac- 

 ter ef our jioper. .AJl agree in declaring " that the 

 New Genesee Farmer is worthy of its name, and cred- 

 itable to ii3 conductors ;" and express the fullest con- 

 fidence "that itMnll exhibit as much talent, and prove 

 afi'usefiil na its predecessor." The approval of such 

 friends 's highly gratifying to onr feelings, and stimu- 

 i latee tis to greater efibrts. The talent and reputation 

 of die paper will depend on the character of those who 

 contribute for its pages ; and we are happy to say 

 that the contributions which we have received 

 more than equals our most sanguine expectations. But 

 there isanother kind of assistance indispensably neces- 

 sary, foi the vscfulTiess of the paper to be fully establish- 

 ed, it mvst hove an ezteiisirc circidaiion ; so that its 

 beneficial influence may be felt and seen, in the agri. 

 cultural community. And here we croirceive is a duty 

 imposed upon each and all of our readers, who profess 

 to be friends of the cause, and wish the good of their 

 neighbors and their country, especially is it the duty 

 of those who wish to see the New Genesee Farmer 

 sncceed,antl the reputation of the Genesee country sus- 

 tained. The pecuniary embarrassments of the present 

 time opperate severely against such an undertaking as 

 this, and calls for more decided eflbrts on the part of its 

 friends. Then there are thousands of farmers in the 

 land who wo-uld willingly subscribe, and even of those 

 who were readers of the old Genesee Farmer, who are 

 not yet aware that a new one is established ; or if they 

 are, they have not seen it, and imagine it to be some 

 "spurious" catch-penny concern, against which they 

 have been strongly cautioned. Such men can be found 

 all through the country,but we know not who, or where 

 they are, and hav'e no mean.i of reaching them, except 

 through the kind nj-'cncy of others. We respectfully 

 ask therefore that all who wish success to the cause, 

 will give a little attention, and time if need be, to this 

 subject, show the paper to their neighbors and acquain- 

 tances, and extend" ihemenns of our usefidness ; and we 

 pledge ourselves that nothing shall be wanting on our 

 part to make the New Genesee Farmer, full as talent- 

 ed and interesting as the old. * 



*^yumlitr One.^' — Some of our friends seem to have inferred 

 from a note in our last. th.atiVo. 1, of this paper could be no 

 longer had. We did not intend to he so understood however, 

 and therefore state that all new subscribers will be supplied 

 with it. At the same time we hope all agents and post- 

 masters will let none of that number be lost ; but be careful 

 to inform us if the subscribers have got it, and save alt the 

 duplicate-s. 



Corrertion. — In the last number of the Farmer, page "S^", 3d 

 column, middle paragraph. Oliver Cnfrer's "Ottt" should 

 read Htrrtt—iit is six years old. 



Excrescences on Plum Trees, 



Many years ago, perhaps thirt;, we heard of anjin- 

 Boet in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania, that was 

 destroying the RIorello cherry trees, and not unfre- 

 quently the plum trees, — by loading their branches 

 with dark excrescences. Since that time, we have not 

 failed to mark its progress as opportunities occurred ; 

 and from repeated observations, we arrived at the con- 

 clusion that this insect is indigenous to the mountain- 

 ous regions of that state. There it appears to confine 

 itself to the wild cherry which so much resembles the 

 peach in its leaf; but on descending into the lower 

 country, it finds other sorts of trees to suit its purpo- 

 ses ; and the careless cultivator lets it work on with- 

 out interruption. 



The progress of this insect has been north-westerly 

 through this country, and its advancements rather 

 slow. It has been several years in this vicinity (per- 

 haps 8 or 10,) and yet last summer was the first time 

 that we observed it among our trees. During the pre- 

 sent winter however, we bave seen its work in Seneca 

 and Ontario counties ; and from the appearance of the 

 trees, we concluded it was a stranger in those parts. — 

 What a pity then that so destructive a creature should 

 not be exterminated, when the work could be so easily 

 done I 



We have not seen this insect except in its larva 

 state. On cutting into the e.xcresences several years 

 ago (we believe its was summer) we found worms; 

 but at this season, though we have examined a con- 

 siderable number of proturberances, we discover noth- 

 ing but empty cells. It is therefore not improbable 

 that this moth (if it be one) has gone, deposited its 

 eggs, and perished; and we make this suggestion for 

 the purpose of caUing the attention of others to the 

 subject. Let the trees be carefully watched the ensu- 

 ing summer, and let the excrescences be cut off and 

 immediately burned, before the insect escapes. 



In the mean time, the trees should be cleared of 

 these unsightly appendages, even if there are no in- 

 sects in them; and then we shall not be so likely to 

 overlook those which may be formed next summer. 



A neighbor lately told me he had cleared his trees 

 in this manner, but was greatly discourged the next 

 season on finding them as much infested as before. — 

 Now his disappointment may have been owing to not 

 burning branches, and thus allowing the insect to es- 

 cape; or it may have previously escaped, and deposit- 

 ed its eggs in branches from which no excrescences at 

 that time had arisen. If we watch them carefully 

 however, for a year or two, such mysteries may be 

 easily explained. 



In Pennsylvania, the Morello has suffered more than 

 any other tree; but in this quarter we have only seen 

 them on the plum trees. In truth, the Morello is a 

 rare tree amongst us. b, t. 



Cayuga Co. 2 mo. 15, 1840. 



Note. — This insect, (or ns some term it, knotty 

 bbsht) has been spreading among the plum trees in the 

 vicinity of Rochester, for two or three years past, and 

 has nearly or quite destroyed many fine trees : etiU 

 but little notice is opparently taken of it, and nothing 

 is done to arrest its ravages, or remedy the evil. We 

 hope all those whose trees are effected, will at once 

 adopt the suggeetioaof D. r. and cut offand burn all 

 the branches which appear to be at all infected; and 

 repeat the operation during the eiiininer, as often as 

 any naarks of the enemy appear. " 



